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BYOD Smackdown 2012: Zenprise MDM can work for BYOD, if you're careful

Zenprise is the first mobile device management vendor that I’m writing about for the BYOD Smackdown 2012 . While Zenprise, as an MDM vendor, approaches BYOD differently than application management, data management, or split persona solutions, a...

Published Feb 24 2012 by Consumerization , 931 views, 0 comments

Brian Madden's consumerization of IT BriForum session

Last year at Brian gave this consumerization of IT session at both of our BriForum events. The session was standing room only at both shows. This session contains lays out a lot of our views and the concepts that we talk about all the time here at ConsumerizeIT...

Published Feb 23 2012 by Consumerization , 1,041 views, 0 comments

AppSense Labs announced, releases DataLocker for file-level public cloud storage security

Today, AppSense announced that they have created AppSense Labs , which is a platform they will use to release tools and technologies to the community that may or may not fall directly within the traditional AppSense product line. The idea sounds much...

Published Feb 22 2012 by Consumerization , 3,802 views, 6 comments

Microsoft licensing for VDA and Office is a pain, but is this really going to affect your consumerization strategy?

Dealing with Microsoft licensing is a pain—it’s arcaic, someone is always getting a raw deal, and there’s nothing anybody can do about it because Microsoft is a monopoly. It’s natural, then, to be worried about the possible fallout...

Published Feb 20 2012 by Consumerization , 4,904 views, 7 comments

Do companies have to play by the same rules when it comes to BYOD tablets?

When it comes to BYOD, there’s a delicate balance that needs to be struck when bringing personal smartphones into the enterprise; users must trust IT with their personal devices and IT must respect the users. This relationship is vital for BYOD...

Published Feb 17 2012 by Consumerization , 1,371 views, 0 comments

BYOD Smackdown 2012: Enterproid Divide creates a secure work persona on personal devices

This week for the BYOD Smackdown 2012 , I’m profiling Enterproid Divide . The Enterproid approach involves creating a containerized work environment that exists as an application on a users device. Enterproid also just announced a partnership with...

Published Feb 16 2012 by Consumerization , 794 views, 0 comments

If you let your users have full control of their tablets, can you lock down their desktops?

In the world of desktop virtualization, there's a lot of talk about how to reign-in control of users' desktops while still giving them the freedom to work as needed (installing their own apps, etc.). For the past twenty years or so, most users have had...

Published Feb 15 2012 by Consumerization , 2,688 views, 2 comments

Consumerization doesn’t have to be a four-letter word in the IT department

"I got an iPad for Valentine's Day. Can you put my email on it?" "What's our SMTP server name? I want to send email through my Gmail." "Our employees aren't storing our IP in Dropbox, right?" These questions are part of daily life for today's IT pro,...

Published Feb 14 2012 by Consumerization , 1,225 views, 0 comments

Appcelerator acquires Cocoafish. Rolling your own mobile app is getting easier and easier!

Last week Appcelerator , provider of a mobile application development platform, announced that it acquired Cocoafish , a mobile backend-as-a-service company that I wrote about a few weeks ago . Basically, Cocoafish provides the backend infrastructure...

Published Feb 14 2012 by Consumerization , 335 views, 0 comments

This 'SNL' Verizon ad has a not-so-hidden message about Android fragmentation

"Saturday Night Live" ran a spoof Verizon commercial this weekend, making fun of the carrier's somewhat-confusing 4G LTE terminology. Intentionally or not, the skit also pointed out a bigger issue in the smartphone market. Check it out and see if you...

Published Feb 13 2012 by Consumerization , 2,225 views, 7 comments

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